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Aqualung: Jethro Tull - Extended Play Lounge (Episode 12) (Patreon)

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2022-01-16 20:54:56
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2023-06

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Thanks for your voting! I really enjoyed listening to Aqualung by Jethro Tull. As you'll hear in the video, I had only heard Aqualung and Locomotive Breath prior to listening to the album. I found the music to be smart and unique...a great listen! 

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George Davis-Stewart

I could never get past Stand Up, after which the porridge just became too gloopy.

Itsfun2listen

Yes, Cheap Day Return refers to the lowest cost train fare, and you have to travel and return off-peak, extremely challenging on the Blackpool to Preston Line

FallingLeaf

Thanks Doug, that was good, I had never listened to Aqualung before, indeed the only JT album I had previously heard is Songs From The Wood.

Rick Morse

IMHO ... the most enjoyable song on Aqualung to play & sing is "Mother Goose".

Anonymous

Dharma for One is a song of theirs that I am waiting for someone to react too. Includes a weird hybrid instrument they invented too. Weird song that is just amazing.

Eusebio R-Z

Really fun video. I only rated it one heart... because there weren't options with more! ;)

Anonymous

I might just have to drop some single song recommendations on Discord for some more Tull stuff for you to listen to and analyse, Doug. Their music is so rich and changed so much over the years that basically every album would have something that would surprise and delight you. I'll get working on those! :D

Anonymous

John Even ultimately reached the proficiency level in the UK to qualify for conservatory training. He did some great stuff live in the mid-70s with a string quartet the band toured with.

Anonymous

You should check out "Wond'ring Aloud, Again," available on Youtube. I was about 15 or 16 when I found a copy of Aqualung at a yard sale. Though it's not my favorite JT album, it was life-changing for me. Digesting this album caused me to question my Southern Baptist upbringing for the first time. You still need to give "A Passion Play" a listen, and give Zealot Gene (the album) a go. ZG's context is much like Aqualung--best to listen to the album as a whole. I know you were underwhelmed with the title track. Keep in mind that Ian, now in his 70s is dealing with COPD and blew out his voice years ago, so you won't find the lovely range of vocals from his younger years, but ZG also draws heavily from Biblical texts and has some powerful lyrics.

Jeff Norman

I was pleased with the personal material at the end of this video. Interestingly, it largely tracks with what I'd guessed...although the "clues" to that, I can't point to anything specific! And so it's unsurprising that Anderson's abhorrence of religious hypocrisy might strike a chord—he is not, as the faux-biblical verses from the album cover Bill Bolosky quotes above make clear, critical of the religious impulse or spirituality or the idea of God (see the last line!), but the abuses and hypocrisy of those who hide their sins behind a cross (or any other emblem). And also somehow manage to ignore the "sins" of society that allow us to ignore people like Aqualung. That's the sense in which this is a concept album: side one observes humanity, and sometimes our inhumanity, while side two looks at the way religion, despite allegedly being focused on saving humans and being humane, instead becomes a tool for self-dealing and self-justification.

Bill Oboczky

Nice to see some Tull on your channel...this is a terrific album, but I think you would find Songs from the Wood more interesting. Great meld of English folk music with rock and roll. I get the feeling you will be hooked from the first couple bars of the opening track. :)

Gerard Dion

Hello Doug, nice work once again on your reaction to Aqualung. I really enjoyed it and I’m really enjoying being part of your Patreon group! I’ve been a long-standing, devoted fan of Tull and I consider Ian Anderson to be one the greatest, most prolific, and overlooked songwriters of his generation. He is also, of course, a supremely talented singer and multi-instrumentalist. I’m sure that you’ve realized that Aqualung is a concept album that indicts society and side two more specifically indicts organized religion, in this case, Christianity. A hallmark of Ian’s lyrics is to mix thoughtfulness and intelligence with profane irreverence! Lastly, thank you for sharing some of your background. I grew up going to at Catholic high school and Catholic college, and I was always the rebel! When you spoke about the Bible, I think you meant viewing it as an allegory, an opinion that I share with you. Thanks again for your fine work! Cheers!